Improvement in muff-tassels



Patented Mar 11,1879

UNITED STATES PATENT GFFICE.

MORRIS SILBERSTEIN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN MUFF-TASSELS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 213,139, dated March11, 1879; application filed August 28, 187B.

' hence the tassel cannot be removed when the muff is packed away duringthe summer; neither can the tasscls be replaced when soiled or injuredwithout taking the cords out of the ends of the muff.

Efforts have been made to avoid these difficulties by the use of elasticloops and buttons or metallic clasps.

The loops are liable to become unbuttoned, and the metallic clasps orcatches are objectionable in appearance.

I make use of a heading to the tassel, into which is inserted a strap ortape of woven or braided material corresponding generally to the otherparts of the tassel-head, and at the base of said strap there is abuckle that is sewed to the tassel with the strap, so that said strapcan be passed around the cord at the muff end and buckled down closely,and thereby attach the tassel to the muffin a rm and reliable manner,but allow scnh tassel to be removed from the muff previous to packing orfor replacingsuch tassel by another.

In the drawing, a is the tassel, of any desired form or character. b isa tape or strap of suitable material corresponding to the tassel, andsewed firmly to the .head thereof, and c is a buckle, the base of whichis attached to the head of the tassel by the sewing and strap. The endof the strap is to be passed around the cord d at the end of the muiland through the buckle, so that the tongue of such buckle will passthrough and hold the same rm'ly, and connect the tassel to the muilcord,and it can be unbuckled and removed when desired.

In Fig. l the tassel is shown by a rear view, and Fig. 2 is a side viewof the upper part of the tassel.

I claim as my invention- A mufttassel provided with the strap or tape ofmaterial corresponding to the tasselhead,and sewed thereto, incombination with the buckle, also attached to the tassel-head andreceiving the end of the strap, substantially as set forth.

Signed by me this 20th day of August, 1878.

MORRIS SILBERSTEIN.

Witnesses IVILLIAM G. Morir, HAROLD SERRELL.

